5 best Hump Day movies on Amazon Prime: November 10, 2021

Happy Hump Day, Amazon Advisor readers. We’ve reached the midweek hump, and now it’s time to find some great movies to watch to see us through to the weekend. Check out all the great Hump Day movies on Amazon Prime. 

Amazon has a great catalog of movies, with many that have been or will be added during November. Check out this great list of Amazon Originals coming in November 2021.

Got time for a movie or two today? These are the Hump Day movies you’ll want to check out.

5 best Hump Day movies on Amazon Prime for Nov. 10, 2021

Mrs. Doubtfire

If you need a comedy to get you through your Hump Day, Mrs. Doubtfire will be an excellent movie to watch. This movie is based on the novel Alias Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. Starring the comedic genius of Robin Williams, how can you go wrong?

Williams plays Daniel, a freelance voice actor and devoted father. His wife Miranda (Sally Field) is less than pleased about his carefree lifestyle. She wants him to be more responsible, but Daniel’s way of life is much less strict than his wife’s. They divorce, and Daniel struggles to do what needs to be done to get custody of his children. When his wife decides to hire a housekeeper, Daniel uses his vocal skills and his brother Frank’s make-up artist skills to create Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire.

It is an outstanding movie and fun for the whole family.

Born on the Fourth of July

In 1989 the anti-war film Born of the Fourth of July was released to critical and commercial success. The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Ron Kovic and directed by Oliver Stone. This is the second film in Stone’s trilogy of Vietnam War films, including Platoon and Heaven & Earth. 

The film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, and we see his life from the age of 10, on into service in the Marines, his injury during the war that leaves him paralyzed, and onto anti-war activism.

Born on the Fourth of July was nominated for several Academy Awards and won for Best Director and Best Film Editing. It also won Golden Globes for  Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Also starring Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore and Tom Berenger.

Three Men and a Baby

The Leonard Nimoy directed movie Three Men and a Baby is a comedy film released in 1987. This movie is based on the French film Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Cradle).

The film stars Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson, three bachelors who have successful careers and enjoy the lifestyle they have created for themselves. When a love child of one of the men arrives on their doorstep, life will never be the same.

It is a fun movie with three leads with great chemistry, making it a great one to kick back and relax with.

This film has a sequel titled Three Men and a Little Lady.

Vanity Fair

The historical drama, Vanity Fair, was released in 2004 and is adapted from  William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848  novel. This novel has had several adaptations; this one particular one, directed by Mira Nair, made significant changes to the mani character Becky Sharp, portrayed by Reese Witherspoon. Nair brought in Julian Fellows, of Downton Abbey fame, to write the screenplay.

Becky was born to poor parents, and after finishing classes at boarding school, she took a position as a governess for the Crawley family. She always had aspirations of being part of England’s upper classes and fell in love with the Crawley’s son Rawdon (James Purefoy). Things go well until Crawley’s fortune begins to dwindle. Becky then seeks support from the Marquess of Steyne (Gabriel Byrne), who becomes her patron, giving her money and bringing her into the lavish life of London’s high society.

Also starring Romola Garai, Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Sophia Hunter.

Alien

Amazon Prime has five films in the Alien franchise available starting this month. Alien (1979), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997) and Alien Vs. Predator (2004), which is technically a spin-off. And, Aleins (1986) is available for purchase or rental.

The franchise is sci-fi horror/action centered around warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battle against extraterrestrial life forms. The setting for these films is from the 21st to the 24th centuries and the battle between humans and Aliens.

The American Film Institute ranked Alien as the sixth most thrilling American movie and seventh-best in the sci-fi genre.

Which Hump Day movies are you watching this weekend? Let us know in the comments below.

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